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I'm getting my e-kettle setup for indoor brewing (steam condensers are awesome!). I'd like to have some sort of thermal break between my kettle and mash tun pots and the stainless steel table the are own. Diameters are 20" and 16". I haven't found any thick silicon or cork pads in those...

I just stumbled upon this page on Lallemand's site. Dry lacto! Seems quite awesome if it works. Instructions call for souring at fairly warm temps (86-104F). Wonder how it'll compare to the Omega lacto offering which states a temp rage of 75-95F.

I have two old steel co2 tanks I inherited from my grandpa. Moving and don't have a use for them (already have two other tanks). No recent Hydro test but worked fine last time they were used (years ago) $30 each, pair for $50. Not shipping these so please don't ask. I live west of new glarus...

Anyone have a still dragon element controller or similar that they've out grown? I'm looking for a super simple 240v - 30 amp element controller. Already have gfci covered.

I'm in the midst of my first kettle sour attempt. I brewed up a batch on Saturday (4 lbs wheat, 4 lbs 2-row, 1 lb vienna). mashed at 152'ish for an hour, chilled to 85F, transferred to a bucket, and pitched a 1 liter start of Omega lacto blend. Initial pH was 4.8-5. After 24 hours pH was 3.2...

I have 5 ball lock kegs for sale. All in good condition and hold pressure. I haven't used them, bought more than I need. $50 each. I live outside new glarus, work in Middleton. I don't want ship. Pictures to come later today.

I'm in the (slow) process of building a simple control panel for my setup (15 gallon BIAB). I have some large industrial grade all metal enclosures laying around and I intend to use one. Dimensions are 18" X 28" X 8". Panel would live in my basement, ambient temps range from 50F-72F. Panel...

Just like the title asks, how loud are those panel mount LED alarm buzzers? I am looking to move into the basement and have bedrooms over my future brewing space. Would hate to wake the wife and kids.

@m00ps was kind enough to send me a sample of his super sour blend my way back in November. I propped it up and it has been sitting on my kitchen counter until today. I brewed up a flemish red based on the rare barrel's recipe. I ended up with 11 gallons at the end of the boil. Split it up into...

Family and I hit up the local pizza joint last night. My eyes perked up when I saw a sign at the hostess desk that said "Zombie Dust here". Sweet, never had it before. Once we finally got seated, peeked at the beer menu and saw it was $12. That has to be for a bomber, I thought. Nope. 12 oz...

I got a Wards water analysis done this week. I knew our water was pretty hard but finally got the details. pH 7.4 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 470 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.78 Cations / Anions, me/L 9.6 / 9.3 Sodium, Na 5 Potassium, K < 1 Calcium, Ca 91...

I saw Ritebrew is carrying a new base malt, Full Pint Malt by Great Western Malting. Google searches review little other than that Breckenridge Brewing is using it for their IPA. Has anyone tried it? here's the manufacturer description: A spring 2-row barley developed at Oregon State...

I'm looking to get my water tested and Ward's Labs has a couple of options, W5A and W6: "W5A Brewer's Test" - $42 kit/$27.35 test only Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Carbonate, Bicarbonate, Chloride, Iron, Sulfate, Nitrate, Electrical Conductivity, Est.Total Dissolved Solids, pH...

I got a free regulator from a friend years ago. I dusted it off last night and noticed that it doesn't have the stem and nut to connect to the CO2 tank. My google searching found good prices (stem and nut) at Midwest supplies but outrageous shipping ($15). AIH has both pieces for $~9 but...

NOTE - not a Boulevard clone attempt About to order up some of the Wyeast 3031-PC Saison-Brett Blend. Here's what I put together. Looking for a (fairly) simple recipe to let the yeast shine. What do people think about the glacier addition? I'm thinking a little citrus would be nice but...

I've got some sours in the pipeline approaching the 1 year mark and am starting to think about racking some onto sour cherries. With 2 small children, pick your own is unlikely and visiting farmers markets doesn't jive with my schedule. So I am looking at amazon/walmart. I see the oregon...

Saw this interesting craigslist post looking to offload a commercial fridge. Might be cool for someone in the area. My wife would kill me if I brought this home. https://madison.craigslist.org/app/5020689418.html

I brewed up a 7 gallon batch of JZ's saison and plan on splitting out some to 1 gallon jugs. My plan is to dry hop one with sorachi ace and another with amarillo. Probably bottle the rest as is. How much hops would do you think I should dry hop with? Leaning torwards 1/2 oz per gallon.

I grew up some jolly pumpkin dregs and have a brown ale waiting to be soured. How much of the jar should I pitch into 5 gallons? And should I decant the clear liquid off first? Or swirl everything up and pitch like half the jar. I would like to retain some to grow up and use in my next sour...

I brewed up a vienna lager using wyeast 2002 and looks like I'm getting 65% apparent attenuation. I used a modified version of JZ's recipe (modified because I weighed out the wrong malts and crushed them...). Anyone have experience with this yeast strain? OG 1.058 FG 1.020 Recipe 38% pils 38%...